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- List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
10: *[[Firmin Abauzit|Abauzit, Firmin]], (1679-1767), French scientist
56: ...abbar|Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem]], (born 1947), US athlete
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the cente...
103: ...ahams, Harold]], (1899-1978), track and field athlete
104: *[[Joze Abram|Abram, Joze]], (1875-1938), poet - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
21: *[[Irmgard Adam-Schwaetzer|Adam-Schwaetzer, Irmgard]], (1942-), German government ministe...
42: ...les Francis]] (1866-1954), son of above, Navy secretary
59: *[[John Quincy Adams|Adams, John Quincy]], (1767-1848), sixth President of the United States
60: *[[Leonie Adams|Adams, Leonie]], (born 1899), poet
65: ...22-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
8: ...children. Her youngest daughter was [[Marie Antoinette]] who would be promised in marriage to Louis, h...
12: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth (1737-1740). [[Heiress-presumptive]] to the titl...
15: ... then HSH Princess Marie Josephe of Bavaria (1739-1767); no surviving issue. [[Holy Roman Emperor]]: 176...
17: ...lisabeth of Austria|HI&RH Archduchess Marie Elisabeth]] (1743-1808)
23: *HI&RH Archduchess Marie Josephe (1751-1767) - Denis Diderot (13048 bytes)
1: ...ortrait of Diderot'' by [[Louis-Michel van Loo]], 1767]]
5: ...He is also known as the author of the essay ''Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown'', upon whi...
7: ...om he was constant for the rest of her life. His letters to her are among the most graphic of all the ...
10: ...ed a volume of bawdy stories, the ''Bijoux indiscrets'' (1748); in later years he repented of this wor...
14: ...any subject that he approached, that in this theoretic essay he suggests the possibility of teaching t... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
13: | place of death=[[Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...grated from [[Devon]], [[England]], to [[Massachusetts]] in about [[1636]]; his mother was Susanna Boy...
24: ... [[James Otis]] in the superior court of Massachusetts as to the legality of [[Writs of Assistance]]. ...
26: ...etts. Their son, John Quincy Adams, was born in [[1767]]. - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
9: | date of birth=[[July 11]], [[1767]]
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
18: '''John Quincy Adams''' ([[July 11]], [[1767]] – [[February 23]], [[1848]]) was the sixt...
22: ... bar and commenced practice in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
24: ...[Prussia]] in [[1797]]. While serving abroad, he met [[Louisa Catherine Johnson]], the daughter of an ... - Andrew Jackson (23546 bytes)
9: | date of birth= March 15, 1767
18: ...n era traditionally seen as dominating the years between the [[War of 1812]] and the [[American Civil ...
22: ...ws area]] in the [[Carolinas]] on [[March 15]], [[1767]], he received a sporadic education. At age thirt...
51: ...gle, Jackson succeeded in destroying the Bank by vetoing its [[1832]] recharter by Congress and withdr...
55: ...the issue, which developed into a bitter rivalry between the two men. Particularly famous was an incid... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
5: ...England]]. He was a key member of the [[Lunar Society]]. Many of his papers are in [[Birmingham Centra...
9: ...hematical-instrument making in [[London]] before returning to [[Glasgow]]
12: * [[1767]]: Surveyor of Forth and Clyde canal.
30: ...ral other things, not least a copying device for letters.
38: He is also remembered by the [[Lunar Society Moonstones|Moonstones]], two individual statues,... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...y]] established by [[Sweden | Swedes]] (led by [[Peter Minuit]]) around [[Fort Christina]] (now [[Wilm...
44: ...speninsular Line]]. Several towns on the borders between Delaware and Maryland are divided by these li...
48: ...ntry was chartered in Delaware by former-slave [[Peter Spencer]] in 1813 as the "[[Spencer Churches|Un...
67: ...he [[Delmarva Peninsula]], a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast.
71: ...delphia, Pennsylvania]] and the southern part by network stations in [[Salisbury, Maryland]]. - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
10: ... 60 KYA: [[Shipbuilding|Ships]] probably used by settlers of [[New Guinea]]
18: * 8700 BC: [[Metalworking]] ([[copper]] pendant in [[Iraq]])
34: * [[39th century BC|3800s BC]]: [[Sweet Track|Engineered roadway]] in [[England]]
51: * [[Alphabet]] in [[History of ancient Egypt|Egypt]]
60: * [[Odometer]] : [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]: [[Archimedes]]? - Spinning Jenny (3557 bytes)
8: ... from a larger than normal wheel at the other. A set of eight rovings were attached to a beam that cou...
12: ...67. There he set up shop producing jennies in secret for one Mr. Shipley, with the assistance of a joi...
14: ...ing legal action against them. The manufacturers met, and offered Hargreaves ?3000. He at first demand... - List of painters (54090 bytes)
1: The following list is an incomplete '''list of painters'''.
12: *[[Claude Monet]], ([[1840]]-[[1926]]), French [[Impressionism|im...
16: *[[Rembrandt]], ([[1606]]-[[1669]]), [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[painter]]
18: *[[Peter Paul Rubens]], ([[1577]]-[[1640]]), Belgian pai...
30: *[[Pieter Aertsen]] ([[1508]]-[[1575]]) - American Revolution (17069 bytes)
4: .... Most current interpretations fall somewhere in between these two positions.
7: ...riefly summarize the political, social, economic, etc. situations before the revolution, and the trend...
16: ...ywhere. Increased publication and communications between like-minded people opened new areas to questi...
28: ...cement became the practice. In [[1761]], Massachusetts lawyer [[James Otis]] argued that the writs vio...
30: ...ction. Grenville's policies were bringing them together. - Timeline of United States revolutionary history (1760-1789) (5450 bytes)
15: *[[1767]] - [[Townshend Acts]]
28: ** [[Massachusetts Government Act]] ([[May 20]]),
53: ....S. state)|Georgia]], [[Connecticut]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Maryland]], [[South Carolina]], [[New Hamp... - Boston Tea Party (4518 bytes)
1: ...''' was a political protest by [[Boston, Massachusetts]] residents against the [[Kingdom of Great Brit...
5: ...e [[1765]] [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] and the [[1767]] [[Townshend acts]] incensed passions regarding ...
11: ...d only the tea. The whole event was remarkably quiet and peaceful. - Benedict Arnold (11750 bytes)
6: ...bruary 22]], [[1767]]. They had three sons; Margaret died [[June 19]],[[1775]].
9: ... They appointed him a [[colonel]] in the Massachusetts's [[militia]] to undertake the first entirely o...
10: ...did not care that Arnold had orders from Massachusetts. Arnold could not talk Allen out of relinquishi...
12: ...red the letter announcing the victory to Massachusetts, doing his best to diminish Arnold's participat...
19: ... he did so without orders, and again had trouble getting along with other officers. While he was rall... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ... and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin became the first [[Unit...
4: ...include the [[Franklin stove]], the medical [[catheter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improve...
9: ...[[Massachusetts]] on [[August 15]], [[1667]], to Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wif...
11: ...blings of Benjamin Franklin. They included: Elizabeth ([[March 2]] [[1678]]), Samuel ([[May 16]], [[16...
13: ... for [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several more c... - Annapolis, Maryland (7226 bytes)
11: area = 19.7 [[square kilometer|km²]] (7.6 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
16: metro pop = |
25: ...ashington Metropolitan Area|Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area]], 28 miles east of [[Washington D....
28: ..., led by William Stone. The settlers moved to a better-protected harbour on the south shore and the t...
34: ...14]], [[1784]], so Annapolis became the first peacetime capital of the US. - Abigail Adams (3753 bytes)
3: ...re [[Congregational]] ministers, leaders in a society that held its clergy in high esteem.
21: ...>[[Weymouth, Massachusetts|Weymouth]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
29: <td>[[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]], [[Massachusetts]]</td>
48: ... Abigail Adams is remembered today for the many letters she wrote to her husband while he served his ...
50: ...nister to the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]]. They returned in 1788. - List of astronomers (40322 bytes)
10: *[[Antonio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1846]] – [[1928]])
11: *[[Georgio Abetti]] ([[Italy]], [[1882]] – [[1982]])
35: *[[Petrus Apianus]] ([[Germany]], [[1495]] – [[155...
76: *[[Adriaan Blaauw]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1914]] – )
80: *[[Bart Bok]] ([[Netherlands]], [[1906]] – [[1983]])
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